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A small telescope in paper, glass and snakewood. Golden decoration. France 1780.
$1,436.31
£1,067.21
€1,200
CA$1,967.44
A$2,146.37
CHF 1,138.39
MX$25,858.97
NOK 14,448.42
SEK 13,227.92
DKK 9,141.45
About the Item
A small pocket telescope with one extension, lens holder and ring in amoretto wood (Brosimum Guianense); objective holder body in green painted and pressed cardboard with rich decoration stamped in gold at the edge of the inner element. The external element is enriched by a dark grey shagreen (Pastinachus sephen, Forrskål 1775) covering. France, end of XVIII century.
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